OriginTwo main origins:
* A variant of the Irish surname Loughran.
* Borrowed from Catalan Lorán, a surname popular in Venezuela.
- abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountableAcronym of long-range navigation.
“During movement, LORAN was used only to augment and verify the accuracy of the GPS. Several companies that had specific missions at march objectives, though, used LORANs without GPS verification.”
- alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of LORAN.
FormsLORANs(plural) · Loran(alternative) · Lorans(plural)